Catalunya MotoGP, Barcelona – Full Qualifying ResultsPosRiderNatTeamTime/DiffLapMax1Aleix EspargaroSPAAprilia Racing (RS-GP)1’38.742s6/7352k2Francesco BagnaiaITADucati Lenovo (GP22)+0.031s8/8348k3Fabio QuartararoFRAMonster Yamaha (YZR-M1)+0.217s6/7347k4Johann ZarcoFRAPramac Ducati (GP22) +0,285s7/7350k5Fabio Di GiannantonioITAGresini Ducati (GP21)*+0,357s6/7348k6Jorge MartinSPAPramac Ducati (GP22)+0,400s2/6348k7Alex RinsSPASuzuki-30sstar (2000s)SPASuzuki-300000000000000000000000000000000000 7350k9Luca MariniITAMooney VR46 Ducati (GP22)+0.709s6/8346k10Pol EspargaroSPARepsol Honda (RC213V) + 0.735s6 / 7353k11Jack MillerAUSDucati Lenovo (GP22) + 0.781s7 / 8351k12Takaaki NakagamiJPNLCR Honda (RC213V) + 0.869s5 / 6344k Qualifying 1: 13Marco BezzecchiIT3GP39IT’E1GPATIAT4CIATEI434DIATCIATE344C1 1’39.246s7 / 8350k15Brad BinderRSARed Bull KTM (RC16) 1’39.249s6 / 7347k16s.c. X-RR) 1’39.664s7 / 9353k18Franco MorbidelliITAMonster Yamaha (YZR-M1) 1’39.884s3 / 8345k19Andrea DoviziosoITAWithU Yamaha RNF (YZR-M1) 1’40.071s6 / 8343k4RSardRMy Honda (RC213V) 1’40.298s7 / 7347k22Michele PirroITAAruba.it Racing (GP22) 1’40.351s6 / 7345k23Darryn BinderRSAWithU Yamaha RNF (YZR-M1) * 1’40.347k22. Alex MarquezSPALCR Honda (RC213V) No time0 / 00
* Rookie
Fastest training time:Aleix Espargaro SPA Aprilia 1m 38.771s
Official records of Barcelona MotoGP:Best tour:Aleix Espargaro SPA Aprilia 1m 38.771s (2022)Fastest race lap:Johan Zarko FRA Ducati 1m 39.939s (2021)
Aleix Espargaro celebrates home pole position for Catalonia’s MotoGP in 2022 in hot and slippery Barcelona.
The Aprilia racer will join the front row on Sunday from Francesco Banya (Ducati) and Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha).
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Reigning champions Quartararo and Bagnaia led the battle against Espargaro, leading the Aprilia competitor with a tire change in the middle of the session, when the top five were covered by just 0.090s.
Bagnaia then made the first lap under 1m 39s in the afternoon to grab six with two minutes left.
But the fastest since Friday afternoon and after setting a new lap record on Saturday morning, Espargaro responded with a new lap lap record to be just 0.045 seconds ahead of the Ducati driver.
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Johan Zarco, rookie Fabio di Gianantonio and Jorge Martin will form the second line entirely on Desmosedi, ahead of Alex Rins of Suzuki.
Maverick Vinales, who joined Takaaki Nakagami in a Qualifying 1 battle, came home behind teammate Espargaro for his final run, but could not climb higher than eighth.
Alex Marquez did not take part in the qualifiers after his quick accident in FP4, as the head of the LCR team Lucio Chequinello suggested that he received a “small concussion”, which would call into question his home race.
Mark Marquez was absent after choosing to undergo a fourth operation on his right arm. The eight-time world champion has been replaced by HRC test rider Stefan Bradl.
According to Marquez’s teammate Paul Espargaro, the new chassis and pendulum that Marquez was trying on has now been handed over to Takaaki Nakagami by LCR.
Reigning world champion Fabio Quartararo returns to the scene of his “wardrobe failure” in 2021 with a new two-year contract with Yamaha in his pocket and leads the MotoGP standings with eight points ahead of Aleix Espargaro of Aprilia.
Enea Bastianini broke away with 28 points from the top after falling in Italy, as last week’s winner Francesco Banya climbed to fourth place, but still 41 points behind Quartararo.
An official post-race test will take place on the track in Barcelona on Monday.
Jorge Martin will miss the test and will undergo surgery to treat nerve problems in his right arm.
Catalonia Grand Prix 2022 – MotoGP Schedule (UK time):
Friday, June 3
08: 55-09: 40 Free training 1
13: 10-13: 55 Free training 2
Saturday, June 4
08: 55-09: 40 Free training 3
12: 30-13: 00 Free training 4
13: 10-13: 25 Qualification 1
13: 35-13: 50 Qualification 2
Sunday, June 5
08: 40-09: 00 Warm-up
13:00 Competition
Mugello: MotoGPPosRiderNatTeamPointsDiff World Championship RankingFabio QuartararoFRAM Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) 122 2Aleix EspargaroSPAAprilia Racing (RS-GP) 114 (-8) 3Enea Bastirance-Ducana (DuZ) 47) 6Alex RinsSPASuzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) 69 (-53) 7Brad BinderRSARed Bull KTM (RC16) 65 (-57) 8Jack MillerAUSDucati Lenovo (GP22) 9sPAR Honda (RC213V) 60 (-62) 10Joan MirSPASuzuki Estar ) 56 (-66) 11Miguel OliveiraPORRed Bull KTM (RC16) 50 (-72) 12Pol EspargaroSPARepsol Honda (RC213V) 40 (RC213V) 40 (RC213V) 40 (CR213V) 40 (TakaVka2)) 38 (-84) 14Maverick Rañales RS-GP) 37 (-85) 15Jorge MartinSPAPramac Ducati (GP22) 31 (-91) 16Luca MariniITAMooney VR46 Ducati (GP22) 31 (-91) 17CchiITAMarco Bezze * 30 (-92) 18Alex MarquezSPALCR Honda (RC213V) 20 (-102 ) 19Franco MorbidelliITAMonster Yamaha (YZR-M1) 19 (-103) 20Fabio di GiannantonioITAGresini Ducati (GP21) * 8 (-11) Andrea DoviziosoITAS Yamaha RNF (YZR-M1) 8 (-114) 22Darryn B1RSA * 6 (-116) 23Remy GardnerAUSKTM Tech3 (RC16) * 3 (-119)
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